The administration also argued Friday night that the cost of the Western Regional Conference increased sharply under the Bush White House -- from $93,000 in 2004 to $323,855 in 2006 to $655,025 in 2008, then $840,616 in 2010, or just 28 percent under Obama.

New video offers a glimpse inside federal agency’s lavish Las Vegas conference
Saturday, April 07, 2012 2:22:04 PM · 3 of 9
maine yankee to Free ThinkerNY
You see. This is a part of the mess I inherited from the last administration. Everyone of these employees were hired by the Bush administration as favors to the Koch brothers.

It’s weird how the communist DemocRATS never want to take any responsibility for their actions. This fiasco with the hip hop video clips rubbing it in the nose of the taxpayers occurred when the Obama regime was in charge. What happened before is irrelevant. It has to stop somewhere. The Obamanazis should have stopped it.

It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.  P.J. O’Rourke, Parliament of Whores

Its weird how the communist DemocRATS never want to take any responsibility for their actions. This fiasco with the hip hop video clips rubbing it in the nose of the taxpayers occurred when the Obama regime was in charge. What happened before is irrelevant. It has to stop somewhere. The Obamanazis should have stopped it.

They are only "transparent" when they get caught, and then at best minimally so.

back when I worked in advertising, we would have a competition at the annual retreat that consisted of which team made the best video. we would do stuff like this all the time on our dime though. If we did anything on company time, it had to be accounted for.
They spent way too much money on this and they were too eager to make it public.

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posted on 04/07/2012 3:46:09 PM PDT
by newnhdad
(Where will you be during the Election Riots of 2012/2013?)

It's really a political nightmare (stick in the eye) to see the person who continues the irresponsibilities to blame it on one of the major politicians who over-spent in the government. I thought I would never say that the Bush administration put us on this path in getting Obama in the first place. Bush left his conservatism to get along. Now, that same Bush team wants us all to our trust and rally behind them. I see why Obama is tapping into this for his base. Recall that rage and blame against Bush and the bail outs. The people who know Bush is partly responsible will always know that but this story is for his base and to send a message-you want the old Bush team there again (and that's not working for our side-the Bush moderates who need to be replaced with a new generation of conservatives from my view)

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posted on 04/07/2012 3:47:41 PM PDT
by Christie at the beach
(I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)

does this guy ever take any responsibility for anything done on his watch or is it just the good and made up stuff? What a joke. Can’t wait for the November elections. We need pride again in our country and a President who loves the citizens and protects us as he is supposed to do. I pray to God for this every single day!!!

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posted on 04/07/2012 3:56:10 PM PDT
by cubreporter
(Happy New Year R ush and we look forward to 2012 with yoatu and the EIB Microphone.)

Yes, with Bush wasting more and more every other year on the event, Obama had to keep up the standards. AFAIK, Bush's bashes were not as in-your-face, but O will continue to look for evidence of debauchery in previous events.

Safavian, GWB’s GSA chief of staff was involved in a scandal with Abramoff. He went on a golf trip with Abramoff costing 100K, and it appears that Safavian did not pay his share. He was convicted of lying but later an appeals court overturned the conviction.

2006 was the year of the democrat congress, and Nancy Pelosis peeps were supposed to be the watchdogs

The President appoints the GSA Chief of Staff. I believe it was the GSA IG who started the ball rolling this time, not congress.

Its obvious from the timeline where the irresponsibility really started to escalate

Safavian was talking to Abramoff in 2002 about GSA leases. While the GSA never issued such leases, I think that was highly improper. I don't remember what GWB said at the time, but I don't think anyone in the WH wanted him to keep his job.

But Safavian was only one person, and it may be that under Obama or during the Pelosi years, the overall corruption in the agency is worse. I don't know.

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